This is the end. For me the beginning of life.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERFruit is always the miraculous, the created; it is never the result of willing, but always a growth. The fruit of the Spirit is a gift of God, and only He can produce it. They who bear it know as little about it as the tree knows of its fruit. They know only the power of Him on whom their life depends.
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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In the presence of a psychiatrist I can only be a sick man; in the presence of a Christian brother I can dare to be a sinner.
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By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are.
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There can be no real attachment to the given creation, no genuine responsibility in the world, unless we recognize the breach which already separates us from it.
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Time is the most valuable thing that we have, because it is the most irrevocable.
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Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating. By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are.
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The wars of Israel were the only ‘holy wars’ in history, there can be no more wars of faith. The only way to overcome our enemy is by loving him.
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Nothing can be known either of God or man until God has become man in Jesus Christ.
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Having thus become a mindless tool, the stupid person will also be capable of any evil and at the same time incapable of seeing that it is evil.
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The cross is not the terrible end to an otherwise godfearing and happy life, but it meets us at the beginning of our communion with Christ.
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Our community with one another consists solely in what Christ has done to each of us.
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Things do exist that are worth standing up for without compromise. To me it seems that peace and social justice are such things, as is Christ himself.
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Not hero worship, but intimacy with Christ.
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Not to speak is to speak.
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The only man who has the right to say that he is justified by grace alone is the man who has left all to follow Christ.
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There is meaning in every journey that is unknown to the traveler.
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